1. intel makes TONS of money on patents it holds, infact it could survive as a company without them.

2. Without said money comming in from the licencing of those patents R@D would suffer the most leading to slower updates and less technological advances

3. eh screw it. While i believe the US patent system needs to be refomed I don't think patents should be scrapped. They are needed, but they need to be closer to how pharmasuticals work where the patens expire much faster. that way it will spur inovation faster due to patens expirations.